Handled shopping bag



Dec. 1, 1936.

H. K. STEEN *HANDLED SHOPPING BAG Filed May 11, 1956 Harfard K. STen.

l'mventor Patented Dec. 1, 1936 rarest OFF Ice HANDLED SHOPPING BAG Harford Kirk Steen, Newburgh, N. Y.

Application May 11,

Claims.

This invention relates to handled shopping bags of that class which is shown and described in Patent No. 1,799,072 issued to me on March 31, 1931, and of that shown and described in my applica- -:tion forpatent on a Shopping bag, Serial ITo. 33,553 filed July 27, 1935, in my application for a Machine for making shopping bags, Serial No. 48,277 filed November 5, 1935, and in my application for a Method of making handled shopping bags, Serial N 0. 92,955 filed December 5, 1935. The present invention relating more particularly to a bag of this class in which the open end is folded over within the bag, both for the purpose of adding strength and to present a smooth edge for the open end.

While in my above referred to patent and applications I have shown the open end of the bag folded in, this has been done after providing slits in the bag in parallel relation to the handles, but this method leaves the flap divided by slits or cuts which tend to weaken the flap, and also leaves loose corners which are liable to become caught when removing articles from the bag, and thus damage the flap.

In the operation of forming bags of this kind, the bag blank or tube is severed from the web by a cutting knife which leaves a tooth-shaped edge which is rough and liable to catch when inserting or removing articles from the bag. To over- 30 come these objections, I have devised an improved bag wherein the cord handles and their securing patches are located back from the open end of the bag, and the end of the bag is scored or creased on a line between the upper edge of the patch and the toothed edge of the bag to form a flap, which, after the bag has been bottomed and folded, is turned down upon itself within the bag, between the bag and the projecting portion of the handles in such a manner that these projecting portions of the handles tend to retain the flap in its folded position, and the flap is not weakened in any way by cuts or slits.

Bags have been made with cord handles inserted through holes formed in the bag and also with handles attached to reinforcing strips secured within the folded-in end of the bag and with handles secured with staples and the like, but in these cases, the folded end has been weakened by holes or slits for allowing the passage of the free portion of the handles, and a weakened edge on top is produced. I have overcome this objection by keeping the flap free from holes and slits and retaining it in place by the handles and without the use of an adhesive, rivets or other means.

1936, Serial No. 79,056

The object of the invention is to provide a handled shopping bag with a turned-in open end forming a smooth double-thick rolled-over edge.v

Another object of the invention ,is. to provide a bag of this kind having a folded-in upper edge adjacent to the handle-securing means and forming a thickness of material, between the free portion of the handles and the bag.

Another object of the invention is to provide a bag which can be constructed from one or more Webs with a pair of nesting handles secured to the inner face of the bag and spaced from the open end which is then folded inwardly between the free part of the handles and the web.

With these and other objects in view, my invention consists in certain novel and useful combination of parts as will hereinafter be fully described and claimed, and further illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which like figures of reference refer to corresponding parts in all of the views. It is understood that slight changes may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 shows my improved bag after the same has been bottomed and folded, but before the rough edged open end hasbeen turned in; showing the location of the handles and their retaining patches which are spaced inwardly from the rough edge of the bag.

Figure 2 is a similar view, but shows the rough edge and flap having been turned and folded inwardly, and held between the free portion of the handles and the web, thus forming a smooth edge for the open end of the bag. l

Figure 3 is a diagrammatic view of the web, showing some of the different stages in the manufacture of the bag.

Referring to the drawing:

The bag web I!) is shown as having a gummed strip II by which, during the tubing process, it is formed into a bag tube. This web It) during its passage through the bag-making machine is formed with two transverse aligned and spacedapart cuts l2, and a transverse scored or creased line 85. This scored line may also be made after the bag is tubed, or in the bottoming device. The handles M are secured to the inner face of the web ID by the patches IS in the proper relation to the cuts I2 over which the handles extend so that when the bag is severed from the web by the usual cutting-01f knife (which produces the cuts I6 connecting with the previous cuts l2) the bag tube is severed from the web l without cutting off the projecting part of the handles [4.

After the bag is formed, as shown in Figure 1, the flap I1 is folded inwardly along the scored line I 5 to produce a smooth edge, the rough edge iii of the bag extending downward within the bag, and the flap l1 lying between the projecting portion of the handles I4 of the web ID, in such a manner that the said handles retain the flap in a folded position without the use of an adhesive, and when the bag is lifted by a single handle the strain will be exerted against the double folded edge, unweakened by holes for inserting the handles.

The handles may be secured to the bag in any suitable manner, and either in a nested position or not, as desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I plaim is new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a handled shopping bag of the class described, and in combination with a pair of handles secured to the interior of said bag on opposite sides, and projecting from the open end thereof, of a flap formed on the open end of the bag and folded inwardly between the bag and the handles to form a double thickness of material and presenting a smooth edge for the bag.

2. In a handled shopping bag of the class described, having a pair of handles attached to opposite sides of the bag and located inwardly from the open end thereof, means for securing said handles to the bag, a transverse scored line formed in said bag between the edge of the open end and the handle-attaching means to form a flap adapted to be folded inwardly between said bag and the free portion of the handles.

3. As an article of manufacture, a handled shopping bag the open end of which is formed with a folded-in flap between the side of the bag and the free portion of the handles.

4. As an article of manufacture, a handled shopping bag formed with a flap at its open end folded upon itself within the bag, forming a continuous annular fold located between the inner face of the bag and the free portion of the handles.

5. As an article of manufacture, a handled bag, the open end of which is formed with a continuous folded-in unsecured flap between the side of the bag and the handles and not attached to said handles.

HARFORD KIRK STEEN. 

